Tarot Verbatim
Guidance Realizations and intense feelings and visionary inspirations naturally give rise to double-takes, doubts, and feeling silly as contradictions occur (contradictions between common sense and ‘imagination’). We feel upside-down. In real life, the contradictions are resolved with further life experience, often accompanied by a ‘Who’d-a-thunk-it?’ feeling. Next the vision (if accepted) sinks into our bones and we are enlightened – or feel enlightened.
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‘Group Tarot Cards Reading’ (just below this) is the actual word-for-word messages from the pictures of the four cards you see – to everyone. These readings are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. So, go ahead and pick the sentences you feel are yours and decide whether to encourage or reject them for yourself.
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Ace of Cups
Six of Swords – Hanged Man – Page of Cups
GROUP TAROT CARDS READING
Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them.
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Maybe it’s true love I’m feeling? (Page of Cups and Ace of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Holy Vision or Divinely Inspired Thought (Hanged Man and Ace of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Maybe life will get easier? (Six of Swords and Page of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Getting Away from the Stupid Stuff (Six of Swords and Page of Cups)
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Tarot Readings: Maybe it’s true love I’m feeling? (Page of Cups and Ace of Cups)
Is it love if you have an intense desire to escape?
I suspect I’m headed for being head-over-heels in love.
Got a feelin’ things are goin’ to be better, maybe even some lovin’.
Intense feeling of true love … maybe ease on down the road?
My ideas about love are not as bizarre as they used to be.
Now that (you’ve) left, you’re thinking … maybe I was in love?
I thought I got myself out of this goofy ‘I’m in love’ thing.
It might have been true love I was feeling back there.
I am getting over the feeling, so could it really have been love?
What if (he) catches on and doesn’t love (me) anymore?
How can such intense love just fade away?
Tarot Readings: Holy Vision or Divinely Inspired Thought (Hanged Man and Ace of Cups)
As time goes by I have my doubts that was a holy vision.
Was that really a divinely inspired thought, back there?
Sense that I almost crossed over, and I got this strange feeling of pure love.
Dismissing some really strange thoughts that cross my mind about God.
Spiritual influence comes over me. I think I am headed in that direction.
Altered state of consciousness fades into a strange mellow feeling.
Mind wanders out there into strange spiritual territory.
Realize my ideas about God are offbeat, and put them aside.
Tarot Readings: Maybe life will get easier? (Six of Swords and Page of Cups)
The idea that maybe life will get easier if I leave here.
Things aren’t as bad as they were, it strikes you. Suppose they’ll even get easy?
It hits you how easy it is to leave this silly scene.
A second sight about what seems to be the easy way out.
Getting a funny feeling the easy life is over.
Tarot Readings: Getting Away from the Stupid Stuff (Six of Swords and Page of Cups)
Getting away from the silly thoughts into the healthier ones.
I am intensely aware that good health will come of phasing out of some stupid stuff.
These goofy ideas in my head are harmless, I let them pass.
Get the idea to get with the program and quit acting goofy.
Realize I look ridiculous being so easygoing, and get away from that.
Now, Part Two,
Do you want to know a little, or a lot, about how this Tarot Verbatim™ thing works? If so,
*Go to Learn Tarot by Observing section below. This tells about the combined four pictures in the Tarot Readings – the pictures above here. It explains how these four cards get together in your mind to make the messages.
*Go to Learn Tarot by Pictures. It is what each of the four cards, by itself, has to say. It shows you how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in today’s Spread. All the words of each Tarot card reading you see here are a phrase-by-phrase translation of the scene pictured on those cards: no filler, no psychic impressions, no spirit guide. Word-for-word Tarot Verbatim™.
You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim™ works.
This is a group reading, with no Questioner and no Question to limit what the cards say, so there’s more variety – even contradictions – and also the pronouns are more flexible. If it feels like it’s yours, and it says ‘he,’ and you’re a ‘she,’ feel free to adopt it anyway.
Ace of Cups
Six of Swords – Hanged Man – Page of Cups
LEARN TAROT BY OBSERVING
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Hanged Man and Page of Cups both refer to ideas, to odd ideas. Hanged Man is vision, envision, inspiration, eureka realization, a thought striking … to getting it. Page of Cups is a weird idea, a questioning, feeling silly and/or being silly or weird.
Six of Swords and Ace of Cups both refer to life being better or good. Six of Swords is moving on … escape this place for a better time ahead. Six of Swords is becoming something better too. Ace of Cups is getting with the program (cooperating), having an easy time or easy life, being healthy, channeling Holy Spirit or the presence of God, being good, a harmless situation … shall we sum it up by a very old-fashioned word, ‘blessedness’?
Six of Swords and Ace of Cups are a spiritual journey, becoming healthy, leaving whatever was behind and getting with the program or being godly or putting things aside to be in love from now on … or simply heading in a better direction.
Six of Swords and Ace of Cups, since Ace of Cups is also love and unconditional love, are about falling in love, headed toward being in love, moving to be with someone you love, leaving something (or other people) behind to be with your loved one, and escaping love – heading away from that.
Ace of Cups is also love, true love, being in love, a mellow feeling, and divine. So, naturally
Hanged Man and Ace of Cups are divine inspiration, holy vision, an intense feeling of love (or ‘agape,’ divine love). Hanged Man and Ace of Cups describe the aftereffects of a near death experience: a vision of love.
Six of Swords and Hanged Man and Page of Cups and Ace of Cups are obviously talking about a spiritual journey. Realizing that I am in love, or being enlightened about a spiritual experience or matter is Hanged Man and Ace of Cups. Then Six of Swords and Ace of Cups is about heading toward or away from that love or God or spiritual experience. (It is far more likely to be heading away from whatever conflicts with the love or enlightenment, and going toward the good experience.) Page of Cups and Ace of Cups is doubting or questioning God, or feeling uncomfortable or weird that you’re in love.
Put these four together, and they tell about a mindboggling experience of being in love or having a spiritual realization, feeling strange about it, wondering whether to head in the other direction, or turn your back on where you were at before the mindboggling experience. That is the overall story.
LEARN TAROT BY PICTURES
Six of Swords A woman and child leave like refugees (huddled together, no possessions) a place so detestable that any other place is a better life. Phrases arising from this are more than you would expect at first blush and include:
going to be better
ease on down the road
now that you’ve left,
where things are headed
put this whole thing behind me
Might have been ___back there
getting over ___
doesn’t ___ anymore
as time goes by
back there
crossed over
dismissing
headed in that direction
fades into
wanders into places
put them aside
leave here, life will get easier
aren’t as bad as they were
leave this scene
the way out
life is over
getting away from
phasing out of some things
let them pass
quit
get away from that.
Hanged Man has the same odd illustration in every deck I have seen. It describes the upside-down feeling spiritual realizations or visionary inspirations produce. Words like realization and thought strikes and awareness are its contributions. Here is a list of today’s phrases from this Rider Waite fellow:
got a feelin’
intense feeling
you’re thinking
intuition
catches on
vision
inspired thought
thoughts that cross my mind
influence comes over me and I think
state of consciousness
idea that
it strikes you
it hits you
second sight
thoughts
you are intensely aware
ideas in my head
get the idea to
realize
Page of Cups The fellow exemplifies ‘silly.’ He has a fish in a cup; he is dressed in a getup (woman’s clothes); he has a vacant look on his face. There’s water behind him. Water refers to things astral, emotional.
Here are the phrases for this card:
maybe even
maybe
how come
I thought I __, didn’t I
it might have been
could it really have been
what if
he doubts
was that really
strange
I think I am
altered consciousness
mind __ strange
the idea that maybe
suppose they’ll
silly scene
what seems to be
a funny feeling
silly thoughts
stupid things
goofy ideas
acting goofy
look ridiculous
Ace of Cups Some of the Rider Waite cards are from the Middle Ages when witchcraft could get you hanged even if you were Somebody. Cards were added that were overtly godly (Catholic godly: that was the only brand back then). This is one of them. You see the holy dove, the wafer of holy communion, and the bowl from Ste. Theresa d’Avila’s famous vision of the five senses flowing along with the Holy Spirit. Meanings arising from Ace of Cups today are:
lovin’
true love/ease
love
I’m in love
holy
divinely
pure love
God
spiritual influence comes over me
mellow feeling
spiritual
easier
easy
healthier
good health
harmless
cooperate
easygoing
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Four Card Spreads, Our Daily Spread
Advice Realizations and intense feelings and visionary inspirations naturally give rise to double-takes, doubts, and feeling silly as contradictions occur (contradictions between common sense and ‘imagination’). We feel upside-down. In real life, the contradictions are resolved with further life experience, often accompanied by a ‘Who’d-a-thunk-it?’ feeling. Next the vision (if accepted) sinks into our bones and we are enlightened. (Then we might feel wise and smug.) (At the time of production, there’s no way to correct the lack of spaces after punctuation. I am writing around it now!)
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*Go to Advice above which is a summary of the Messages. (Advice is everyone’s favorite part.)
*Go to Group Analytical Tarot Reading below. One or more of those sentences has something to say to you. Intuitively pick those out. They are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. (It is a group message like a horoscope, except Tarot isn’t based on someone else’s birth data, so it can be specific, accurate, detailed and direct. Our experiment here is “How much more accurate is it?”)
Did you come here for your predictions? – You are done now – See you tomorrow.
Without a question to focus the answer, four cards can mean contradictory things especially when the Spread has a card that negates other cards. Without a question also the pronouns in a group reading are more flexible, especially in some of these Rider Waite Tarot spreads. When a pronoun is in parentheses, feel very free to substitute. The question in a ‘real’ individual reading supplies at least half the information!
Ace of Cups Six of Swords – Hanged Man – Page of Cups GROUP ANALYTICAL TAROT READING Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them. Maybe it’s true love I’m feeling? (Hanged Man + Page of Cups + Ace of Cups) Got a feelin’ things are goin’ to be better, maybe even some lovin’. Intense feeling of true love … maybe ease on down the road? Now that (you’ve) left, you’re thinking … maybe I was in love? How come this intense love feeling is where things are headed? I thought I put this whole ‘I’m in love’ intuition behind me, didn’t I? It might have been true love I was feeling back there. I am getting over the feeling, so could it really have been love? What if (he) catches on and doesn’t love (me) anymore? Holy Vision, Divinely inspired thought (Hanged Man + Ace of Cups) As time goes by, he doubts it was a holy vision. Was that really a divinely inspired thought, back there? Sense that I almost crossed over, and I got this strange feeling of pure love. Dismissing some really strange thoughts that cross my mind about God. Spiritual influence comes over me, I think I am headed in that direction. Altered state of consciousness fades into a mellow feeling. Mind wanders into strange spiritual places. Realize my ideas about God are offbeat, and put them aside. Maybe life will get easier? (Six of Swords + Page of Cups) The idea that maybe life will get easier if I leave here. Things aren’t as bad as they were, it strikes you. Suppose they’ll get easy? It hits you how easy it is to leave this silly scene. A second sight about what seems to be the easy way out. Getting a funny feeling the easy life is over. Getting Away from the Stupid Stuff (Six of Swords + Page of Cups) Getting away from the silly thoughts into the healthier ones. Good health will come of phasing out of some stupid things, you are intensely aware of this. These goofy ideas in my head are harmless, let them pass. Get the idea to cooperate and quit acting goofy. Realize you look ridiculous being so easygoing, and get away from that. 
Now, Part Two,
Do you want to know a little, or a lot, about how this Tarot Verbatim ™ thing works? If so,
*Go to Meanings and Illustrations: Observation of the Spread section below. This tells about the combined four pictures in the Daily Spread – the pictures above here. It explains how these four cards get together to mean things.
*Go to Meanings and Illustrations: Individual Rider Waite Tarot Cards. It is what each of the four cards, by itself, has to say. It describes how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in this Spread.
You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim ™ works.
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Ace of Cups Six of Swords – Hanged Man – Page of Cups MEANINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: OBSERVATION OF THE SPREAD Hanged Man is a vision or inspiration or a eureka realization; Ace of Cups refers to God, love, true love, mellow feeling. Holy vision, inspired thought. Then Page of Cups is a strange thought and is being strange or silly or goofy. And Six of Swords is putting the past behind and heading in a better direction. We are talking about a spiritual journey. Realizing ‘I’m in love’ and heading either in or out of that direction is also the story these four Rider Waite citizens sing of together. MEANINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: INDIVIDUAL RIDER WAITE TAROT CARDS Six of Swords A woman and child leave like refugees (bent posture, no possessions) a place so odious that any other place is a better life. Phrases arising from this are more than you would expect at first blush and include: going to be better ease on down the road now that you’ve left, where things are headed put this whole thing behind me Might have been ___back there getting over ___ doesn’t ___ anymore as time goes by back there crossed over dismissing headed in that direction fades into wanders into places put them aside leave here, life will get easier aren’t as bad as they were leave this scene the way out life is over getting away from phasing out of some things let them pass quit get away from that. Hanged Man has the same odd illustration in every deck I have seen (and I have not looked at the weirder or goofier ones). It describes the upside-down feeling spiritual realizations or visionary inspirations produce. Words like realization and thought strikes and awareness are its contributions. Here is a list of today’s phrases from this Rider Waite fellow: got a feelin’ intense feeling you’re thinking intuition catches on vision inspired thought thoughts that cross my mind influence comes over me and I think state of consciousness idea that it strikes you it hits you second sight thoughts you are intensely aware ideas in my head get the idea to realize Page of Cups The fellow exemplifies ‘silly.’ He has a fish in a cup; he is dressed in a getup (woman’s clothes); he has a vacant look on his face. There’s water behind him. Here are the phrases for this card: maybe even maybe how come I thought I __, didn’t I it might have been could it really have been what if he doubts was that really strange I think I am altered consciousness mind __ strange the idea that maybe suppose they’ll silly scene what seems to be a funny feeling silly thoughts stupid things goofy ideas acting goofy look ridiculous Ace of Cups Some of the Rider Waite cards are from the Middle Ages when witchcraft could get you hung even if you were Somebody. Cards were added that were overtly godly (Catholic godly: that was the only brand back then.) This is one of them. You see the holy dove, the wafer of holy communion, and the bowl from Ste. Theresa d’Avila’s famous vision of the five senses flowing along with the Holy Spirit. (I may be off a little here, but not by that much.) Meanings arising from Ace of Cups today are: lovin’ true love/ease love I’m in love holy divinely pure love God spiritual influence comes over me mellow feeling spiritual easier easy healthier good health harmless cooperate easygoing All the material on this blog is copyrighted. No use or copying of any part of this material is permitted without written permission of Emily, its author. ©
Four Card Spreads, Our Daily Spread, Tarot Verbatim
Looking for a job, maybe out of town
Eight of Pentacles
Page of Cups, Six of Swords, Hermit
Avoids asking for help, every time.
Know to avoid doing something stupid.
Dummy will get over it and learn how to do it professionally.
When he is dumb about how to do something, he looks for a way out of doing it.
Looking for some way to get out of doing the same thing over and over.
The way to avoid questions is to demonstrate doing it.
Ask for help, but times will be better on the job.
Would be silly to leave when there’s professional help coming.
Keep doing (it) the same way, the way you know how, to avoid looking foolish.
Now he is doing the honest sincere things and isn’t suspect anymore.
Looking for a job, maybe out of town.
His job is to look for people who left under suspicious circumstances.
Keeps asking people who are leaving for help.
Inspect the work so maybe things won’t be as bad.
The helping professions make weird situations not as bad as they were.
Why look for a job when you will be leaving?
Avoid something stupid, his job is to watch you.
He keeps teaching, why doesn’t he just leave?
Well, today’s Saturday, and this talks about work, job. It’s fairly miscellaneous, too. Maybe I will do another if I have time.
Illustrations and Meanings:
Page of Cups refers to a question or to asking. It tends to mean ‘duh,’ stupid, awkward, silly – or to feel those ways. Embarrassed. Suspect of suspicious. A fellow dressed inappropriately who has a fish in a cup: The illustration tells you these meanings.
The phrases used for this Rider Waite Tarot card today are: asking; something stupid; Dummy; When he is dumb; some way; questions; Ask; silly; looking foolish; suspect; maybe; suspicious circumstances; asking; maybe; weird situation; Why; something stupid; Why doesn’t he.
Six of Swords: People who are all wilted-looking on a gray day are being paddled away from shore, leaving the place behind. The idea is the past is so bad the future has to be better or at least not as bad.
Phrases for the Six of Swords today are: Avoids; to avoid; get over it; a way out of; to get out of; to avoid; times will be better; to leave; to avoid; isn’t anymore; out of town; people who left; people who are leaving; things won’t be as bad; not as bad as they were; when you will be leaving; avoid; just leave.
Hermit: The monk goes out at night looking for travelers in need of help. He is wise, spiritual, honest, sincere, kind, humble, and has practical knowledge, down-to-earth how-to. He shows the way, he demonstrates his skills. He is celibate, and is an old man.
Phrases used here for the appearance of this Rider Waite Tarot card are: help; know; learn how to; looks for a way; Looking for some way; demonstrate; help; help coming; you know how; the honest sincere things; Looking for; to look for; for help; Inspect; helping; look for; watch you; teaching.
Eight of Pentacles: The workingman is turning out one wooden model of pentacles after another on his work bench. This is a person’s job or profession. This is repetitive action or repetitive motion. This is working class.
Phrases for the Eight of Pentacles today include: every time;doing; do it professionally; to do something … doing it; doing the same thing over and over; doing it; on the job; professional; doing it the same way; doing; a job; His job; Keeps; the work; professions; a job; his job; He keeps.
The message today is that you have help getting out of something, putting it behind and getting on with the day (or the life) by understanding the silly side and/or by asking questions. Getting out of it may be by leaving, and work or a job could be a concern in this respect to some of you.
Well, duh, leave this job and go looking is another thing you could make of these four Rider Waite Tarot cards. These cards admit of several interpretations. Maybe you can apply all or some of them to your circumstances.
Lover is doing affectionate silly things
Magician
King of Cups, Two of Pentacles, Lovers
Emotional ups and downs about what lover will do.
Emotionally unstable when he started this love connection.
He in the throes of making himself your emotional partner.
The partner may or may not act like a gentleman.
Lover is doing affectionate silly things.
Sometimes the gentleman makes the connection and sometimes not.
Sweet natured guy starts one love affair after another.
An affectionate guy starts a love affair one more time.
He goes round and round about being the man who loves (you).
Being in love; makes him do foolish things.
He contacts (you/her/a partner) over and over in an emotional way.
Sometimes he does warmhearted things that bring you two together.
He initiates affectionate contact with his partner over and over.
Meanings and Illustrations:
King of Cups: His throne is a concrete slab floating on flowing water, he wears a fish on his chain necklace, has a cup in his right hand and an mild somewhat bleary look. Emotional man, maybe a drinker, mild mannered and bureaucratic.
Meanings for this Rider Waite Tarot card are: Emotional; Emotionally unstable; your emotional; a gentleman; affectionate; the gentleman; Sweet natured guy; An affectionate guy; being the man who loves you; being in love; in an emotional way; warmhearted; affectionate.
Two of Pentacles: Round and round we go, tossing and turning, over and over, foolishly dressed and juggling, a lighthearted activity. Is that a dunce cap we are wearing?
Meanings that appear here for this card are: ups and downs; unstable; in the throes; may or may not; silly; sometimes and sometimes not; one after another; one more time; round and round; foolish things; over and over; Sometimes; over and over.
Lovers: Well, there is more than meets the eye to this Rider Waite Tarot Card, more than its title. Contact, connection, partner, divine protection, guardian angel, sexual energy (naked couple + a volcano), standing next to one another, a couple.
Phrases this time around for this one are: lover; love connection; himself your partner; The partner; Lover; the connection; love affair; love affair; the man who loves; Being in love; contacts a partner; you two together; contact with his partner.
Magician: Man who does, makes, initiates or starts, brings about or brings down. He is seen raising his mighty wand to initiate some action, a symbol of infinity above his head like a halo.
Meanings for now for this card are: what he will do; when he started this; making himself your love partner; act like; is doing; makes the connection; love affair; a love affair; being the man who loves (you); being in love; He contacts you; he does; you two together; contact with his partner.
Well, this is pretty simple, huh? The dude loves you and is coming around, but you can also expect glitches in his behavior. The dude is pictured here as a good man overall.
